{"id":15942,"date":"2011-09-24T05:13:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T05:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.258"},"modified":"2011-09-24T05:13:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T05:13:25","slug":"copyright-your-likeness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/09\/24\/copyright-your-likeness\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright your likeness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Copyright your likeness…
\nThis hasn’t been brought up in forever, but with the HUGE influx of new RLSH\/X-ALT\/ RLSV\/ WTHE (What-the Hell-ever…this is a new term for people that don’t like any of them.) it’s time to bring it up again. Anybody remember THE REPO MAN? Not the B-movie. the WWF wrestler from the 1980’s. Well, back in 1998 the ORIGINAL REPO MAN stopped by our School for a afternoon & told us the this story.
\nHe invented the gimmick & was using it at a INDY show when somebody from WWF approached him & “Asked him all about it” He told them about the gimmick hoping they would sign him, the scout said “that’s very interesting” & left.
\nA few months later he gets a Cease & desist order from WWF who now owns the gimmick of THE REPO MAN. He had to quit or they’d sue him, and he invented it.
\n… Oh I’m sure you’ve all heard about “Poor man’s copyright” where you mail yourself a picture of yourself in your gimmick & that protects you. He had heard that too and done it. That & a Quarter will get you into a pay toilet. They don’t hold up in court. and his didn’t. He didn’t have a leg to stand on. Now you’re probably saying “I don’t care” or “Who gives a crap” or whatever, but this is how I explained it years ago…say you’re in the right place at the right time & thwart a Bank robber & a news crew happened to be there, & you’re a overnight sensation. Even if you want nothing from it some schmuck copyrights your likeness & sells a script or book or whatever. You don’t get a dime to give to charity or do whatever you see fit with.
\nGo to http:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/<\/a> & fill out a COPYRIGHT VA (Visual arts) pay the fee & send it off. it is a easy three page form & the fee is like $65 bucks nowadays & you’re protected for life. The sweet part is the second you drop it in a mail box you have COPYRIGHT PENDING which I’m sure you’ve seen on a few items over the years. You’re even protected until you get the official paperwork back. Do it…it’s worth your time. I HAVE heard of a case on here where somebody owned somebody Else’s likeness & forced them to stop using it.
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